Obs ML (4353), 25 May 2006: IGS 1B and Lacrosse 5

From: Marco Langbroek (marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl)
Date: Fri May 26 2006 - 04:31:54 EDT

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    Obs SatTrackCam Leiden (Cospar 4353), 25 May 2006:
    
    27699 03 009B   4353 F 20060525215536100 17 75 1127365+249680 56 S+020 10
    27699 03 009B   4353 F 20060525215546800 17 75 1105482+301870 56 S+020 10
    28646 05 016A   4353 F 20060525220336100 17 75 1027523+823720 56 S+020 10
    28646 05 016A   4353 F 20060525220346800 17 75 1314545+848060 56 S+020 10
    28646 05 016A   4353 F 20060525220421100 17 75 1832218+726910 56 S+020 10
    28646 05 016A   4353 F 20060525220431800 17 75 1850079+676020 56 S+020 10
    
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    Method: Canon Digital Ixus 400 + ASTRORECORD astrometric software.
    Camera at manual mode, "10 second" (= 10.7 second) exposure, wide field 
    f2.8/7.41 mm.
    
    What these numbers mean:
    http://www.satellite.eu.org/position/IODformat.html
    
    
    A clear evening again after many days with rain and hailstones. Slight haze but 
    otherwise good, +10 C. Lacrosse 5 (05-016A) briefly flared to mag -2.0 at 
    22:02:20 UTC while I was preparing the camera.
    
    03-009B was 2.8s early relative to elset 06135.93706251, 05-016A 0.4s late 
    relative to elset 06141.91063216
    
    - Marco :-)
    
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